You're Not Going To Believe This: Another Cirrus Is Down (Statesville, NC)

Larry Dighera wrote:
So, you just choose to call yourself a hobby pilot for no reason?

Help out a non-native english speaker here, but that question seems to imply
that "hobby pilot" is somehow an insult. To me, "recreational activity in
which I regularly engage" is just a verbose way of saying "hobby",
so "hobby pilot" and "recreational pilot" are synonymous. (I would even
argue that "hobby" implies a certain frequency, while "recreational" just
means a one-off thing). Certainly, "hobby" to me has no negative
connotations.

Perhaps we have a classic case of "lost in translation". I would actually
consider the German word for recreational pilot - Freizeitpilot - as a
potentially more derogative term than Hobbypilot, certainly, the latter
implies a measure of dedication and seriousness that the former doesn't.
Since Stefan seems to be from Switzerland, he may experience the same
disconnect here.

So, anybody help us out?

Anno.